rickycourtney
Conductor
Over two years ago now Amtrak California quietly abandoned its orange "4 arrows" logo for a new blue/teal "CT" logo (it's the same logo used by California Department of Transportation).
Slowly but surely the rail cars have been having their logos swapped out (I'd estimate about half of the equipment now has the new logo.)
But the buses never received the new logo... as a matter of fact the new buses received no logos at all (just the same paint that matches the look of the railcars.) That is until now... I first spotted this brand new motorcoach a few weeks ago... but I didn't have a camera handy until one passed me as I drove home from work tonight.
It's hard to read but the side of the bus says "Amtrak California Your train connection." (Hopefully I'll spot this bus on my trip down south this weekend, and be able to snap a better picture.) The text appears to be an all-white reflective decals and compared to the old logo... this one is HUGE! It's clearly meant to be seen as the bus drives down the freeway.
LA Metro posted a much better picture of this same bus on their Instagram page (albeit with the logo mostly cut off): http://instagram.com/p/gJhSWboPWZ/
Taking a ride on a similar bus earlier this year... I can say that the interiors are really nice with tray tables, WiFi, 2 club seating sections with 4 seats surrounding a table and power outlets under each seat. My only complaint is that they should take a hint from Greyhound and buy leather seats, remove the dreaded middle seat in the last row and remove a row to create extra legroom.
That being said, it's also really hit and miss with the Amtrak California motorcoaches. Some runs get these nice, new buses... but others get old, unbranded buses from the contractors (Horizon Coach Lines) fleet.
Slowly but surely the rail cars have been having their logos swapped out (I'd estimate about half of the equipment now has the new logo.)
But the buses never received the new logo... as a matter of fact the new buses received no logos at all (just the same paint that matches the look of the railcars.) That is until now... I first spotted this brand new motorcoach a few weeks ago... but I didn't have a camera handy until one passed me as I drove home from work tonight.
It's hard to read but the side of the bus says "Amtrak California Your train connection." (Hopefully I'll spot this bus on my trip down south this weekend, and be able to snap a better picture.) The text appears to be an all-white reflective decals and compared to the old logo... this one is HUGE! It's clearly meant to be seen as the bus drives down the freeway.
LA Metro posted a much better picture of this same bus on their Instagram page (albeit with the logo mostly cut off): http://instagram.com/p/gJhSWboPWZ/
Taking a ride on a similar bus earlier this year... I can say that the interiors are really nice with tray tables, WiFi, 2 club seating sections with 4 seats surrounding a table and power outlets under each seat. My only complaint is that they should take a hint from Greyhound and buy leather seats, remove the dreaded middle seat in the last row and remove a row to create extra legroom.
That being said, it's also really hit and miss with the Amtrak California motorcoaches. Some runs get these nice, new buses... but others get old, unbranded buses from the contractors (Horizon Coach Lines) fleet.
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